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  1. I mean, I get what he's saying and that he's talking about how his team played today and not the actual result. But boy it sounds bad because all people are going to hear is that you'd rather be the eliminated team.
  2. Just to get this out of the way, I know we're just looking at a still frame here and by no means am I justifying the Balogun red. But the above challenge appears to be nothing more than an ankle scraper while the Balogun challenge, the ankle gets rolled over. That one could have been bad.
  3. Nike Football (@nikefootball) • Instagram reel WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 86K likes, 1,452 comments - nikefootball on June 28, 2026: "It’s the knockout stage, give @zlatan what he wants: Goals.".
  4. Definitely didn't see this one coming, especially when Argentina took the lead.
  5. This has to be up there for biggest game to game swings in MLB history. We’re currently at a 37 run swing.
  6. Even with 5 innings left, I’m not liking our chances to win this one.
  7. https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/cade-cavalli-willson-contreras-disciplined-for-benches-clearing-incident So the guy who said something racist and the guy who reacted got the same suspension. Oh and the racist is a SP which means he basically misses one game while the position player will miss 7 games. Great job, MLB!
  8. That makes sense on adjusting to the elevation. Had no idea how long it takes.
  9. Is the Azteca a tough place to play because it’s legitimately a tough place to play? Or is it known as a tough place to play because most of the teams that play there are CONCACAF teams that Mexico is, at worst, basically equal to in skill level? Wikipedia has results with a stadium listed going back to 2008 and they’ve played 6 teams outside our region there. Five of these were friendlies and one, against New Zealand in 2014 WC qualification, was a competitive match. Beat Chile 1-0 in 2010 and tied Spain the same year. Not sure the strength of Chile’s lineup but Spain half rotated their starters. Beat Israel and Scotland. Tied Portugal 0-0 earlier this year (Por made 9 subs in the game) and based on the stats, Por had the better of the play. As for acclimating, how used to the altitude are the Mexico players? Of their starters against Ecuador, only 4 play at altitude for their clubs. Of their 23 outfield players on the roster, only 9 play at altitude. I think this could come down to if Mexico is disciplined enough to set up and maintain a defensive block. Otherwise, England might be 3 goals up before they start to become affected by the altitude.
  10. England wins 3-1. I get the home field but why do we think Mexico is that great? Their group stunk. South Africa got through and looked awful against Canada, themselves not all that special. England's group was tougher. I don't think the English players are going to be intimidated going to the Azteca. A lot of these guys have played in plenty of gigantic stadiums and hostile environments before. That's not to say Mexico can't or won't win. But I don't understand just writing off England.
  11. We can breathe a bit now.
  12. Can we? Sure. But it makes it a lot harder.
  13. That's dumb. A yellow for sure but not a red. No intent. Certainly not an obvious error.
  14. LOL, announcers said this is the biggest game in US soccer history. Uh, 2002 R16 against Mexico. 2009 Confederations Cup final against Brazil (maybe even the semi against Spain). Maybe the other few R16 games we've played in the WC, which is a round later than this one.
  15. I’m watching on my phone but I didn’t like that penalty call. Going to have to look at it on a bigger screen later.
  16. Dansby has sure given his season batting line a boost the last 2 weeks. He had a 1.202 OPS the last 12 games and that’s before today.
  17. I think it will depend on how Mexico plays. Croatia played a more open game and England put up 4 on them. Ghana, Panama and Congo played more defensively and England really struggled to score. If Mexico tries to go toe to toe with England, they’re probably going to lose.
  18. Alright Harry, now do that 3 more times against Mexico.
  19. I don’t because it means Mexico likely makes the QF.
  20. Yeah on another day England could easily have 3 today.
  21. Someone tell Ecuador the lightning delay ended 40 minutes ago and that it’s time to start playing.
  22. 10 out of 10 celebration/chant. No notes.
  23. I have my doubts on France-Sweden being good. Maybe I'm wrong and Sweden uglies it up and keeps it close. But I could easily see France rolling them.
  24. Man the emotion on that fly ball. Holy shit he homered off Miller. Oh fuck it's going to be caught Hell yeah we win!
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